Subreddits and third-party apps are going dark in response to Reddit’s proposed API changes. It’s the latest front in a labor battle between algorithms and the humans who feed them.

Subreddits and third-party apps are going dark in response to Reddit’s proposed API changes. It’s the latest front in a labor battle between algorithms and the humans who feed them.

  • 0xtero@kbin.socialEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    I’ve said this before, but maybe pretending the entire Internet is equal to 5 apps from mega corps (largely fueled by pretend money) wasn’t the best long term play?

    Who would have thought?

    • NotTheOnlyGamer@kbin.socialEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      The problem is that most of the usable, visible, Web is equal to that. Google & Microsoft control most of what we see. Pinterest controls image access. Meta drives engagement to companies, and Reddit drives linkouts. Twitter handles most major news sources. Occasionally there’s a chance that StackOverflow or Quora put in a word or two.

      Society leads us to ever larger communities. Corporations just make profit based on human behavior.